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Education Committee
Learn more about the Education Committee’s role, membership, and contact details here.
- Committees
- Education
Role of the Committee
The role of the Education Committee is to prescribe and review the overall policy of the Society's Law School, to determine the content of course syllabi, monitor the traineeship programme and decide applications in relation to traineeships and other matters.
Members and Secretary
Chair: Brendan Cunningham
Vice-Chair: Justine Carty
Members
- Alison Egan
- Barbara Galvin
- Dónal Hamilton
- Richard Hammond SC
- Áine Hynes SC
- Fiona McNulty
- Gerard O’Connell
Ex officio
- Rosemarie Loftus
- Martin Lawlor
- Keith Walsh SC
Consultants
- Colm Costello
- John O’Connor
- Michael V O’Mahony
- Michael Peart
- Valerie Peart
- Carol Plunkett
- Geoffrey Shannon SC
- Irene Lynch Fannon
Secretary: Colette Reid
Committee meeting dates and deadlines
| Committee Meeting | Deadline for application submissions |
|---|---|
| Thursday, 23 January 2025 | Friday, 10 January 2025 |
| Thursday, 6 March 2025 | Friday, 21 February 2025 |
| Thursday, 10 April 2025 | Friday, 28 March 2025 |
| Thursday, 5 June 2025 | Friday, 23 May 2025 |
| Thursday, 17 July 2025 | Friday, 4 July 2025 |
| Thursday, 25 September 2025 | Friday, 12 September 2025 |
| Thursday, 13 November 2025 | Friday, 31 October 2025 |
| Thursday, 11 December 2025 | Friday, 28 November 2025 |